OBURN, EDWARD SNYDER, Troy,
New York, was born in Ghent, Columbia county, New York, November 17, 1840. His father was Dr. Edward L. Coburn, a pioneer of homťopathy, and his mother
was Catherine S. Snyder. The schools of Ghent, Chatham, Amenia and Ashland in New York state furnished his earlier education. He studied medicine in the
Berkshire Medical College at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and in the New York Homťopathic Medical College, graduating from the latter March 3, 1864.
Until March, 1867, Dr. Coburn practiced medicine in Akron, Ohio, removing thence to Troy, New York, where he has since constantly practiced. He is a
senior in the American Institute of Homťopathy, and in the New York State Homťopathic Medical Society. Of the latter he was treasurer from 1877 until
1883, and president in 1884. In 1868 he married Harriet Bernard. Their children are Dr. E. B. Coburn, A. M., and Mrs. Katherine B. Church.

Source : History of Homťopathy by William Harvey King
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